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Partner Church Scholarship Fundraising Deadline for contributing to our Partner Church Scholarships for this academic year extended to October 16 Generous support from the Cedar Lane community over the past several years has made attending university a feasible option for the young people in our partner church congregation in Dicsöszentmárton, located in the part of Romania known as Transylvania. This year we are again grateful for all who have contributed to support these students. However, the funds we have collected for this academic year are running behind what we had hoped, and well behind the amount we have been able to send in previous years. In the hopes of being able to provide greater support, we are delaying the transfer of the funds for a couple weeks and extending the period over which we will accept donations to Sunday, October 16. Although tuition in Romanian universities is free or minimal for students who score highly enough on the admission tests – as have the students we are sponsoring this year – the cost of living in the university cities has risen markedly, and it is increasingly challenging for their families to provide the necessary funds for room and board or for books, as many adult members of the congregation been unemployed since the onset of the global recession. Every contribution -- large or small -- makes a difference. As our associate minister Heather Janules says, this program has changed lives. Former scholars are now working as social workers, legal advisors, town administrators, computer programmers, sound engineers, or are currently working through their medical residency training – occupations much needed to bring Romania forward. To contribute, please mail or leave a check in the church office, made out to CLUUC with "Partner Church Scholarships" in the memo line. Rev. Endre Nagy and Mrs Nagy, the families of the students we are sponsoring, and indeed all of our Partner Church congregation are most grateful for the continued generosity of Cedar Lane members. Thank you very much!
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Cedar Lane Unitarian
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